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'''Psychiatry''' (literally, doctoring a soul) is the branch of [[medicine]] with the goal of studying, preventing, and treating [[mental disorder]]s in [[human]]s.
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'''Psychiatry''' (literally, doctoring a soul, from Greek ''psychē'' soul, mind + ''iatros'' doctor) is the branch of [[medicine]] with the goal of studying, preventing, and treating [[mental disorder]]s in [[human]]s.
  
 
Psychiatric medication is a licenced psychoactive [[drug]]. Psychiatric history is the record of interviews with a patient.
 
Psychiatric medication is a licenced psychoactive [[drug]]. Psychiatric history is the record of interviews with a patient.
  
Psychiatry has never been an [[Exact sciences|exact science]], [[Sigmund Freud]] notwithstanding, and it has never been about much more than guesswork.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homosexuality: Open Letter To Christie |author=Terry Hurlbut |date=August 24, 2013 |url=http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/08/24/family/homosexuality-open-letter-governor-christie/ |accessdate=December 21, 2013}}</ref>
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Psychiatry has never been an [[Exact sciences|exact science]], [[Sigmund Freud]] notwithstanding, and it has never been about much more than guesswork.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homosexuality: Open Letter To Christie |author=Terry Hurlbut |date=August 24, 2013 |url=https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/08/24/family/homosexuality-open-letter-governor-christie/ |accessdate=December 21, 2013}}</ref>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 10:28, May 20, 2019

Psychiatry (literally, doctoring a soul, from Greek psychē soul, mind + iatros doctor) is the branch of medicine with the goal of studying, preventing, and treating mental disorders in humans.

Psychiatric medication is a licenced psychoactive drug. Psychiatric history is the record of interviews with a patient.

Psychiatry has never been an exact science, Sigmund Freud notwithstanding, and it has never been about much more than guesswork.[1]

See also

References

  1. Terry Hurlbut (August 24, 2013). Homosexuality: Open Letter To Christie. Retrieved on December 21, 2013.

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